March 7, 2025
At the AAM we have been celebrating the unveiling of our two Tiffany memorial windows throughout 2025 with a full schedule of programs. There is one windows-related event remaining, on October 11. Admission to the Museum and to the Dynamic Conversation is free, and there’s free parking in our lot. LEARN ABOUT THE WINDOWS Saturday, […]
February 28, 2025
As part of the closing-weekend activities for a community exhibition at the Allentown Art Museum, a former Allentown elementary school student returned to the Lehigh Valley to be reunited with artwork he created more than three decades ago as part of a nationwide school art program by Crayola. James Nangeroni was a third-grade student at […]
February 19, 2025
Calling artists of all abilities! If you’re aged 15 to 25 and interested in learning how to turn your passion into a profession, then Art U might be for you. Artrepreneur University (ArtU) is an ongoing series of free workshops designed to help young artists create a sustainable career in the visual arts. The ArtU […]
February 4, 2025
The Allentown Art Museum is partnering with Lehigh University Art Galleries (LUAG) on its Access Culture Initiative, hosting one in a series of workshops for artists, arts professionals, and the interested public to help them effectively engage audiences with disabilities. The next sessions will take place on Monday, April 7 at LUAG. Participation is free, but […]
February 3, 2025
The Museum will host a Dynamic Conversation titled “’Fearless Enthusiasms’: The Life and Art of the Remarkable Milly Johnstone” on Saturday, March 22, 2025, starting at 1 p.m. The program will begin with a presentation about Mildred “Milly” Johnstone (1900-1988), a pioneering fiber artist and wife of Bethlehem Steel director William H. Johnstone. Milly was […]
December 19, 2024
After eight years of planning and fundraising, the Allentown Art Museum is proud to announce that two magnificent landscape memorial windows by Tiffany Studios are now part of the permanent collection! The acquisitions process involved presentations to the Museum’s Collections Committee and Board of Trustees by vice president of curatorial affairs, Elaine Mehalakes, who spoke […]
December 16, 2024
If you’ve walked or driven by the Museum lately, you must have noticed the colorful vinyls that now enliven our façade with images of key works from our collection. The images and swatches of our signature colors—cyan (blue), yellow, and magenta (red), as seen in our logo—were installed on December 4, 2025, by a team […]
December 5, 2024
Join us at the Museum for our annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration on Monday, January 20, 2025, from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. This family friendly event features art making, live musical performances, poetry, and more! Admission is free for all, and there is free parking in our lot and in the Lehigh […]
November 26, 2024
The Museum is delighted to announce the acquisition of a ca. 1520 painting attributed to Domenico Puligo. Domenico di Bartolomeo degli Ubaldini, known as Domenico Puligo or Il Puligo, worked in Florence, Italy, in the 1510s and 1520s. His style was influenced by the work of his contemporaries, Ridolfo Ghirlandaio (1483-1561) and Andrea del Sarto […]
November 12, 2024
The Allentown Art Museum and the Central Elementary STREAM Academy are partnering during the 2025-25 school year to offer arts-integration programming to ASD students and staff. Students in grades 3, 4, and 5 will visit the Museum twice during the year for 90-minute field trips. The Museum also will offer afterschool workshops for families and […]